UPDATE: The Dean resigned. And the video has been removed for a copyright violation. Maybe that is all there is to it....
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There just has to be more to this than meets the eye:
An administrator at the University of South Florida has been placed on leave after he admitted to stealing a student's bicycle from behind a campus building, according to a report in The Tampa Tribune. In an Internet-era twist, the incident was caught on surveillance camera and posted to YouTube. [...]According to The Tribune, Dr. Rao said he was trying to help a day laborer find transportation, and loaned the man a bike from the back of the building. The bike was reportedly returned to the student and no criminal charges were filed.
Stephen Klasko, dean of the medical school, wrote a letter to staff members saying: "I'm very sorry to hear of the bicycle incident this week at the Byrd Institute loading dock, and I apologize to everyone involved. I will write again when the USF review is completed. Until then Dr. Abdul Rao will be on annual leave."
Rao, an Oxford-educated transplant immunologist who has overseen millions in research grants, makes $384,000 a year.
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